linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: ep93xx: fix error handling during probe

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:28:29 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: ep93xx: fix error handling during probe

On 12/12/2023 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> When the interrupt property fails to be parsed, ep93xx_timer_of_init()
> return code ends up uninitialized:
> 
> drivers/clocksource/timer-ep93xx.c:160:6: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>          if (irq < 0) {
>              ^~~~~~~
> drivers/clocksource/timer-ep93xx.c:188:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>          return ret;
>                 ^~~
> drivers/clocksource/timer-ep93xx.c:160:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
>          if (irq < 0) {
>          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Simplify this portion to use the normal construct of just checking
> whether a valid interrupt was returned. Note that irq_of_parse_and_map()
> never returns a negative value and no other callers check for that either.
> 
> Fixes: c28ca80ba3b5 ("clocksource: ep93xx: Add driver for Cirrus Logic EP93xx")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

Applied, thanks

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